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Analysis: Broadband
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Layerone Holdings Inc. gets paid handsomely to solve some of the most complex technical problems in telecommunications, but even it was stymied by the broadband debacle. In mid-2000, the Dallas-based company, which links the disparate communications networks of such clients as Verizon, Qwest and Yahoo!, went live with what it hoped would be a Web site that captured its image: a fast-paced start-up at the cutting edge of technology. Graphics flashed, the case studies of its clients' successes rolled like Hollywood credits, and garishly colored logos in brassy fonts pulsed on and off at random. The site, like the hype over broadband, seemed too restless to stay still for more than a few seconds.
Explains Alexander Muse, LayerOne's CEO: "We figured everyone would not only have high-speed access but also high-speed wireless access before long. So we created a Web site for the fast Internet. Twenty different telephone companies and numerous cable companies were selling broadband, so how could it fail?"
LayerOne's reasoning couldn't have been more wrong. Complaints began almost as soon as the site went up. Many of the sales people and network specialists at the telecom firms that make up LayerOne's client list work at home, where they only have dial-up connections to the Webno cable modem, digital subscriber lines, satellite or fiber optics. Their main gripe: The site's many frills made simple tasks like looking up basic technical specs and pricing information a long and frustrating experience. At first, Muse admits, he wasn't sympathetic. "We told them to get a faster Internet connection," he says ruefully. "And if they couldn't now, we told them they'd certainly be able to get one soon."
Muse changed his tune late last year, after he and his family moved to a new neighborhood in Dallasone with no broadband service, and no timetable for installing it. The first time he tried to get on LayerOne's site from his new house, he found himself staring at a screen filling at a slothful pace when all he wanted was one little piece of information. Finally feeling his clients' pain, Muse immediately ordered LayerOne's technical staff to tear down the company's site and rebuild it with simple, text-based links and no Flash graphics. The refurbished site launched in late 2001. In all, LayerOne spent nearly $100,000 on its cyberspeed detournot to mention the possible lost revenue it suffered when prospective clients simply gave up rather than wait for the old site's pages to load. "Our site was an example of Web designers and marketing people run amok, driven by a corporate strategy that was way too optimistic about high-speed Internet," Muse says. "The good thing is we are all coming back to reality now. At this point, broadband is a foolhardy and expensive technology to build your future on."
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The true cost of broadband's woefully slow rollout is well represented by LayerOne's experience, which in one fashion or another has been repeated in any number of corporations.
Only about 21 million Americans had high-speed Internet access at the end of November, according to Nielsen//NetRatingsabout 20 percent of those with online access. The result: Many companies have had to shelve key portions of their business plans and tone down growth estimates tied to broadband acceptance to generate revenueor have already gone bust in the attempt. Among them: dot-com start-ups whose business models depended on broadband to pipe such technologies as interactive video and streaming media to their customers, as well as Fortune 500 firms that had planned to build sprawling portals offering enhanced e-commerce with high-bandwidth 3-D movies and music.
Meanwhile, lagging broadband deployment has slowed the growth of telecommuting and hurt the productivity of companies with employees who do work at home and are stuck with tedious dial-up connections. Productivity for workers at home increases 20 percent when they move from dial-up to broadband, according to the Institute for the Study of Distributed Work, a Sonoma, Calif.-based technology think tank. While the number of telecommuters grew from 3.4 percent of the work force in 1995 to 4.7 percent in 2000, it's been static in the past year.
Broadband's disappointing performance requires CIOs and IT executives to perform a delicate balancing act, simultaneously implementing potentially lucrative and productive broadband Web applications while also moving gingerly to offer such services in a form that takes into account the limitations of dial-up. And they must do this without completely losing broadband's high-speed advantages. With all of this, telecommunications experts fear that the worst outcome of the broadband roadblock is that it is hampering development of the next killer applicationwhich will more than likely be an offshoot of speedy access to Web data over wired and wireless networksand is hurting economic growth in the process. "At some point, you have to accept that universal broadband is good economic policy," says Rory O'Connor, vice president of strategic communications at Washington, D.C.-based Dittus Communications Inc. O'Connor is also a lobbyist for the electronics industry and a broadband advocate.
The hope now is that the impetus to build high-speed Internet access will come from the big players, such as Microsoft and AOL Time Warner, who will benefit most from its increased acceptance, and not from the government or the local phone and cable companies that control the last mile. But even that will have to wait for a stronger economy and the lessening of the mountains of debt taken on by the telecom industry in the past five years.
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The victims of broadband's failure to catch on are by no means members of an exclusive club these days. In the past year, the business world has been rocked by stories about once-cocky companies that have collapsed into Chapter 11 bankruptcy or are teetering on the brinkamong them Covad Communications Group, Inc., At Home Corp., NorthPoint Communications Group Inc. and Rhythms NetConnectionsbecause they ran out of cash before they could make money selling broadband services. It was a series of alarming failures in an industry that by every mid-1990s estimate was supposed to have wired virtually every household for broadband by the year 2000.
Things started out simply enough. The 1996 Telecommunications Act was designed to stoke an upsurge in broadband access by requiring local phone companies to upgrade the last-mile infrastructure to allow for high-speed data applications and then share those networks at a discount with potential rivals. In return, they would be allowed to compete in long-distance and other services. Riding the promise of that legislation, a spate of start-up broadband ISPsAt Home, Earthlink Inc., Covad and a couple of dozen morereceived backing from venture capitalists who viewed them as close cousins to the dot-coms and certain to thrive as Internet use increased. Like the dot-coms, many of these companies then went public, raising millions of dollars in exceptionally successful IPOs. At Home, now in Chapter 11, raked in nearly $100 million when it issued shares to the public in July 1997. On its first day, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company's stock opened at more than double its $10.50 offering price, reaching a high of $99 in April 1999.
But the enthusiasm for broadband ISPs waned by the end of the decade as one dot-com after another floundered, dashing the dream that widespread and unlimited Internet use would spur explosive growth in demand for broadband service. The disappointing reality set in: Under a more sober assessment of Internet usage forecasts, it could take an ISP at least two years just to earn back the cost of installing and maintaining each consumer high-speed line. And that's without even considering the price of the network upgrades and high-end technology needed to make cable and phone systems capable of handling broadband. With those included in the equation, by 2000 even the most optimistic estimates showed that it could take 10 years or more before any of the broadband ISPs became profitable. That realization shut off the venture capital spigot, and as shares in broadband ISPs plunged, secondary offerings became virtually impossible.
Adding to the misery were the bruising turf wars between the ISPs and their cable and telephone partners. According to the broadband firms, cable companies like AT&T and Baby Bells like Verizon and BellSouth Corp. blocked the ISPs from having the access to their networks that was needed to roll out broadband quickly and efficiently over wide regions. "The phone companies were being deliberately obtuse," says Covad co-founder and general counsel Dhruv Khanna. "[The 1996 Telecommunications Act] said that we should get nondiscriminatory access to phone company facilities."
In private, the Baby Bells don't completely disagree with this assessment, but in their view the legislation was flawed. "What other companies are asked to subsidize a bunch of start-ups?" asks one BellSouth executive. "It's corporate welfare, and we're doling out the money."
The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees telecommunications legislation, has refused to get in the middle of this dispute. The agency has strenuously enforced wireline competitionthat is, among the Baby Bells and the long-distance companiesbut has given only lip service to supporting high-speed Internet access. Pressured by lawmakers, who themselves have been beset by telecommunications lobbyists, the FCC has mostly failed to enforce regulations calling for open access to central office facilities and infrastructure for broadband ISPs before the Baby Bells can enter other markets, as the 1996 act demands. This stalemate between ISPs and the phone companiesand similarly testy disagreements in the cable industryhas completely tangled up any chance for the smooth rollout of high-speed Internet wires nationwide. As a result, the ISPs had to cut their ambitions and trim their estimates for growth. Many ran out of cash and folded; others are hanging on by their fingernails.
That, of course, leaves much of the broadband market now in the hands of traditional communications companies. But to them, high-speed Internet access is just another one of their productsand not necessarily a prioritythat has to compete internally for marketing and development resources with cable TV, local, regional, long-distance and wireless phone services, business networks and telecommunications consultant operations. And they have to satisfy investors that this combination of operations has significant profit prospects.
So it's no surprise that with the economy slowing, Sprint recently discontinued its money-losing ION broadband service. Meanwhile, SBC Communications, Inc., the San Antonio-based regional phone company, has curtailed its $6 billion project to bring DSL to 80 percent of its retail customers in its 13-state territory by the end of 2002. Currently, 60 percent of SBC's customers have access to DSL, but few have signed up. At $50 a month, it seems, many consumers are balking at the cost.
The bleak broadband environment has had an impact throughout corporate America as the full promise of the Web has essentially gone into hibernation. In some cases, the repercussions, while important, are subtle. Microsoft Corp., for instance, discourages telecommuting for employees living in Sammamish, Wash., a 36,000-person town five miles from corporate headquarters, because Verizon has still not installed DSL lines there. So Microsoft staffers have to sit in some of the worst traffic jams in the area to get to their jobsfrustrating, unproductive hours that could be better spent working on their computers at home. "Certainly the growth of telecommuting would be higher than it currently is if more people had access to broadband," says Charlie Grantham, chief scientist at the Institute for the Study of Distributed Work.
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In business-to-consumer applications, the delay in broadband is having an even more serious impact. Many companies are hesitant to develop innovative contentwhich is essential if the Internet is to keep growing as a commercial mediumwithout high-speed lines to deliver it. Executives at CareerSite Corp, a six-year-old Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company that manages Internet help-wanted pages for newspapers such as Crain's Detroit Business and trade associations like the Florida Banker's Association, had hoped by now to be able to offer more advanced Internet features, such as live video job interviews, that could potentially generate a lot of additional revenue. But that part of its business plan has been shelved for now because clients refuse to sign up for anything more than the bare-bones classified listings. "We've tried to sell advanced services, but the acceptance rate is pretty near zero," says Owen Medd, CareerSite's chief technology officer. "Without high bandwidth, the most you can do is offer real-time chats. For interviews, that's not a particularly good option."
Facing similar broadband disappointments, many technology chiefs have given up waiting for the high-speed Internet. Instead, they're building their Web sites primarily for the larger dial-up audience while in some portions offering a richer experience for broadband customers. People with broadband surf the Internet 25 percent more often than dial-up subscribers and spend 23 percent more time on the Web, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. As a result, there is a greater window of opportunity to lure broadband users into purchasing somethingor at least to gain their loyalty for future product sales and promotions. For that reason, even though there is only a relatively small group of people with high-speed Internet access, most companies feel there is some gain in not ignoring them.
BellSouth's Web portal, for instance, which offers the usual array of channelspersonal finance, autos, news, entertainment and the likehas clearly marked links sprinkled throughout indicating areas specifically designed for "fast-access users." Features include video demonstrations of new cars, streaming audio news reports, music downloads to accompany stories about new CDs, even movie trailers. The next step for BellSouth will be to publish a dynamic, up-to-the minute guide that lists all the broadband content on the site so high-speed Internet users can see immediately what's available. "The whole aim is to keep people on the site longer. So while we aren't abandoning our dial-up users, we want to give our broadband subscribers relevant content," says Stan Yeatts, BellSouth's vice president of Internet and portal services. "If we get the customer experience right, revenue will follow."
For other companies, BellSouth's approach is not a viable option, because their business depends on providing dial-up users as well as those with broadband access an experience that isn't painfully slow and uninviting. Their challenge is to juice up the speed of Internet access with technological sleight of hand so it appears they're operating at a comfortably fast speed. A dozen or so companiesAkamai Technologies, Inc., Inktomi Corp. and Transfinity Corp., among many othersoffer caching and compression hardware and software that anticipates which information people need and then stores it on a server for instant delivery. This avoids the slow process of having to download fresh data every time it's asked for.
Companies like Global Knowledge Network, Inc., a Cary, N.C., Web-based training firm, are perfectly suited to take advantage of these technologies. Because Global Knowledge offers what are essentially scripted courses over the Internet, primarily for IT certification and continuing education, the company knows what data, graphics and video presentations need to be shown to students and in what order. Using data compacting software, the company lines up content on its server in stages so that when the student is ready to view it, it's already being sent to his computer. "That at least eliminates the lag even for the bulk of our students working from home on dial-up," says Eric Goldfarb, Global Knowledge's CIO.
Such jury-rigged solutions are not a long-term fix, Goldfarb admits. He says his ultimate dream is a broadband-based Web that will allow him to turn over to the student control of what he's looking at in the classroom and let him choose what he wants more information about. He could click on a 3-D image of the hardware he's studying, for instance, and get precise schematics and internal depictions of the equipment.
Such fantasies may yet come true, if industry prognosticators have it right. According to Forrester Research, even with broadband's stuttering record, upwards of 50 million households will have high-speed Internet access by 2005. That seems hard to believe, however. To reach those numbers, many experts say, the federal government would have to essentially mandate widespread deployment of broadband. That's a long shot considering the FCC's record of inaction and the government's lack of any real interest in considering some of the more creative ideas to jump-start broadband, such as giving subsidies to people to choose their own high-speed Web provider while providing tax breaks to companies that roll out broadband networks. "The government is missing the point that the broadband debate is much bigger than just an argument about deploying a new technology," says Karen Kornbluh, a Markle fellow at the New America Foundation. "It's about productivity, the future of the high-tech industry, and innovation." Yet recent reports in The Wall Street Journal suggest that the Bush Administration is planning a policy statement on the issue, including money to promote rural broadband access and a proposal that the FCC loosen the rules on the Baby Bells' investment in high-speed access. Whether the move will help jump-start the industry is anyone's guess.
Wireless networks, especially the next-generation 3G digital technologies, could be the answer to breaking the broadband logjam, according to some experts. The telecom companies are motivated to install these networks because they're counting on them for so-called mobile commerce, which would let people purchase travel tickets or groceries, conduct banking transactions and locate the nearest French restaurant on their cell phones. With 3G links throughout the country, they could serve as wireless broadband hookups for the last mile from the curb to the desktop. But no one expects 3G to be widespread for five years or so. In fact, 3G spectrum sales have been pushed back to at least 2004.
There is one business imperative, however, that could change the broadband landscape much sooner. Major content providers, whose growth is being stymied by the slow Web, may finally take the lead in goading telecom companies to speed up the Internet. There are already promising signs in the escalating rivalry between America Online and Microsoft Network, the two biggest Web portals, both of which are keenly aware that growth in usage and revenue depends on broadband. Without it, potentially lucrative e-commerce and music and video downloads will never get off the ground. To ensure that it does, AOL Time Warner Inc. has begun to aggressively market broadband services through its sister company, Time Warner Cable, and has released a new version of its software incorporating advanced entertainment and e-mail capabilities that require high-speed access to use it to full advantage. Meanwhile, Microsoft has signed agreements with Verizon, BellSouth, Qwest Communications International Inc. and SBC Communications to market MSN to 90 percent of the households currently capable of receiving DSL, and to twice as many additional potential DSL subscribers within the next few years.
Even with the battle between AOL and Microsoft heating up, the bulk of visitors to most company sites dependent on the Web for revenue will continue to get there by dial-up lines for at least the next few years. Consequently, the Web content strategy that most CIOs will have to grudgingly continue to live with is one that satisfies dial-up users without alienating the broadband audience. However, now that companies with the most vested interest are demanding broadband rollout, there's some light at the end of the tunnel. No one ever got rich betting on broadband before, but with Microsoft and AOL's money on the line, this may finally be the time to beat the odds.
Jeffrey Rothfeder writes frequently about business, security, environmental and technology issues. Comments on this story can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Federal Communications Commission, headed by Michael Powell, oversees U.S. broadband and telecommunications policies.
The Institute for the Study of Distributed Work is a think tank that focuses on issues related to telecommuting and the use of technology in nontraditional work environments.
The New Networks Institute is an independent consumer group that monitors how the breakup of AT&T and the creation of the Baby Bells as separate entities impacts telecommunications subscribers.


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uKloo is a terrific literacy game. Incredibly–wonderfully–they somehow managed to top it.
Toronto game-maker Doreen Dotto recently launched uKloo, Riddle Edition.
The premise of uKloo is simple—it's a treasure hunt. You (the parent) hide cards around the house that kids find and which lead them to the next clue.
For instance, the first clue is "look in your shoes." The child goes to her shoes and finds the next card, which says "look on the kitchen table," and so on.
It's a brilliant strategy to get kids reading because it gives the child a fun reason to read (they want to find the next clue) as well as an instant reward (they find out where the next clue is hidden, and ultimately a grand prize). Fun + reason to read = reading.
Dotto has taken this simple equation and made it even more fun. And she's added problem-solving to the skills the child will acquire without even knowing they're learning.
With the Riddle Edition, kids find a card and have to solve a fun riddle to figure out where the next card is hidden.
Depending on the age of the child, the riddles are very easy or quite challenging.
For instance, a level one riddle: "When your hair is full of dirt, get it clean with just a squirt."
A level three riddle: "Not of shell, of turtle or snail, but made of cloth to hike a trail."
Did you get those? The answers are at the bottom of this post if you want to double-check.
The wonderful thing about uKloo is the way Dotto has adapted it for various reading levels. If the child can't figure out a clue, she can get a hint: "Lather up for shiny locks!"
If she still can't quite get it, she can hold a special booklet (in which the answers are written backwards) up to a mirror and find the answer reflected there.
Three levels of clues, a hint and a fun solution give kids the success that is so important for new or struggling readers.
And with different levels, brothers and sisters of different ages or reading abilities can play together. It's also great for playdates.
As with the original uKloo game, the Riddle Edition ends with a surprise that the parent provides. It could be a chocolate or small toy, or—as Dotto found out from one parent—it could be the announcement that the child is going to have a new baby sister.
uKloo Riddle Edition includes blank cards so parents can write their own riddles (Dotto provides tips on writing riddles) and it includes Surprise cards so that instead of a toy or candy the grand prize could be "a trip to the ice cream store" or "pillow fight with daddy."
If uKloo is one of the most perfect literacy games, uKloo Riddle Edition takes it one step further. Both are must-get games for any parent who wants to get their kids reading.
uKloo retails for $15.95 and uKloo Riddle Edition for $18.95. Both are available at independent toy stores. You can also purchase them from the uKloo website, here.
You can also check out the new uKloo Early Reader App, currently free (that may change) in the iTunes App Store.
Read my review of uKloo here.
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Thrive is a book about thriving in this world and not living in survival mode and going through the motions of everyday living. It is written by Mark Hall lead singer of popular recording group Casting Crowns. Mark Hall strongly believes too many Christians are just trying to survive through this life when in fact Jesus came where we could live our life and live it abundantly. In part one of the book, he compared our lives to a tree and we need to have roots that run deep and that is only possible by digging into the word of God regularly. The next part is reaching out to others like branches on a tree.
I would recommend this life changing book especially to every single high school and college aged student. I liked how Mark Hall revealed personally details about how he struggled with negative thinking and seeing himself the way God saw him. He also openly admitted that after a long-term relationship ended he held a gun to his head and tried to take his own life. What helped him was digging into the word of God and listening to His voice instead of the enemy. Mark Hall also failed the entrance exam for music majors and he struggled to know what to do with his life. In this book, he is actively trying to assist students into discovering their gifts that God has given them and how to use it for His kingdom.
One of my favorite chapters was, "The Eagle and The Yardbird". This story was basically about a lost eagle that was living with a bunch of chickens. The chickens believed he was just an ugly yardbird who wasn't like the other chickens. He was chastised for shrieking instead of clucking. He was told to follow everyone else and act like them. He never knew he was an eagle and he had so much more in store for his life. I really connected with this story because so many people struggle to believe what God has declared over their lives and they struggle with accepting and loving themselves like God does. We get caught up in believing what other people say about us and we believe their lies. Mark Hall pointed out the one way to fix this is having our roots into the word of God. This book helped me to realize that I have to work on making sure my roots are planted on solid ground. If you're looking for a book on thriving and living an abundant life, then read this book!
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GEOS4015 Honours Research Project in Hydrogeology Part 1
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- The project requires students to define a project and develop research questions or hypotheses, set objectives and aims, plan and execute the research, interpret the results and present those results in oral and written forms. The final output of the research project will be a research dissertation similar in content and context to a peer-reviewed research article in an academic journal.
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- Students are able to (1) gather background information relevant to a pre-defined field of enquiry; (2) develop skills to critically assess the relevant literature; (3) write a literature review and research proposal outlining the project; (4) collect relevant data involving primary and secondary sources as appropriate; (5) utilise appropriate means of quantitative and/or qualitative analysis to explore the data; (6) present the provisional results of their research in a short oral presentation; and (7) write the results in a professional academic manner in the format of an academic journal paper.
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Rival Safety Agreements for Bangladesh Garment Factories Announced
Two rival agreements that aim to improve safety in Bangladeshi garment factories were launched this week. The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh's Garment Industry was launched Monday while the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety was launched Wednesday.*
The first is backed by a group of 75 retailers, mostly from Europe and the second is backed by 17 companies led by major U.S. retailers Gap and Walmart. While the first is legally binding and guarantees funds to improve safety conditions, the second is voluntary and limits the liability of the retailers.
European activists singled out Walmart for creating
weaker standards. "Walmart are
bringing their discount practices to factory safety. This is not a price
war; this is about people's lives," Christy Hoffman, deputy
general secretary of UNI Global Union, said in a press release. "Walmart has dragged Gap and a number
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The two agreements will affect the jobs of over four million workers in Bangladesh who earn the world's lowest minimum wage - $38 a month. The garment industry generated $20 billion a year for the country last year.
The deals were signed some 11 weeks after Rana Plaza, a building that housed five garment factories, collapsed in Bangladesh on April 24 leaving some 1,129 dead. Clothes destined for Benetton of Italy, Children's Place, Cato Corporation and Walmart from the U.S., Kik from Germany, Loblaw from Canada, Mango and El Corte Inglés from Spain as well as Bon Marche and Primark of the U.K. were found in the rubble.
Union organizers say that one of the major reasons for the poor safety records of Bangladeshi factories is that corrupt government officials tend to look the other way during safety inspections, especially since many senior politicians own garment factories themselves.
The first initiative was originally negotiated and signed in Dhaka in April 2011. At the time it was wildly unpopular. "All of the big brands and factories all walked away without signing the agreement," said Amirul Haque Amin, president of the National Garment Workers Federation in Bangladesh. "It is not financially feasible for the brands to make such investments," Walmart's spokesperson said, according to the meeting minutes.
On Monday 75 companies signed a legally binding version, including Benetton, Carrefour, H&M, Marks and Spencers, Mothercare, Primark, Sainsbury and Tesco. They will have to publish a list of their factories, believed to number over 1,000, by next Monday. Within the nine months, a group of international inspectors will visit all the sites to identify "grave hazards and the need for urgent repairs" and then provide the money for improvements.
A steering committee chaired by the United Nations International Labour Organisation has been created. Six people have been elected to the committee from the Bangladesh Council of Trade Unions, IndustriAll Global Union, UNI Global Union both of which are based in Switzerland as well as three company representatives from Inditex, N.Brown Group and PVH Corporation, the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.
"Our mission is clear: to ensure the safety of all workers in the Bangladesh garment industry," says Jyrki Raina, the general secretary of IndustriAll. "The direct involvement of workers in the factories is key to the success of this program."
The second agreement is a product of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington DC which is co-chaired by two former U.S. senators - George Mitchell and Olympia Snowe, both from Maine. Their agreement is voluntary and not legally binding on the 17 companies that signed up that includes JC Penney, Sears and Target in addition to the Gap and Walmart.
The retailers that signed the second agreement will have a year to complete inspections. Under the scheme, companies will pay up to $1 million per factory per year for training and support the creation of "worker participation committees" to deal with complaints. Low interest loans will also be provided to help companies to improve building safety.
The North American agreement also limits how much the retailers can be required to pay in case of problems. Jay Jorgensen, the head of global compliance for Walmart, said that his company could not sign the European accord because it would create "unlimited liabilities."
European activists pointed out that at least three North American companies have signed the first accord despite facing the same legal hurdles. They also note that the new worker committees would be weaker than the unions and more likely to be pressured.
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received input from a wide range of interested parties, including, among
others, the governments of Bangladesh and the United States, fire and
safety experts, and worker representatives,"Senator Mitchell said in defense of the North American agreement. "While there were many differences, in interests
and on issues, the dominant common theme was the importance, indeed the
necessity, of developing and implementing a meaningful plan of action to
dramatically improve worker safety in the garment industry in
The outcome of the rival agreements will be hard to assess down the road, say activists since many factories supply several retailers from both groups so the U.S. group is likely to later take credit for improvements brought about the stronger European accord. "The U.S. is freeloading on our commitment," Ben Vanpeperstraete, the Belgian coordinator for garment workers' rights group Clean Clothes Campaign, told the Wall Street Journal.
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If you're familiar with trails in your local State Park that would be perfectly good to ride, but currently aren't legal to do so, please spend at least a minute or two submitting a comment to State Parks while they are asking for them. It's easy to do in the link below.
California State Parks (CSP) is currently accepting public comments on its recently-released report: the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report, Road and Trail Change-in-Use Evaluation Process (PEIR).
The new process will be used to facilitate the addition of mountain bikes on existing state park trails. The process is a major step forward for CSP and will positively effect mountain bike access on existing trails in state park units.
California State Parks has worked over the last several years to create a fact-based, objective system to determine appropriate trail use. The key feature of the report is that it will allow for the addition of mountain bikes on specific trails without the need for additional environmental analysis. Future project decisions to allow bikes on trails will merely need to reference the PEIR. This is a major step forward for bike access in state parks.
Here's the comment form: Submit Your Comments to California State Parks | IMBA
This NorCal thread covers the topic in much more depth: http://forums.mtbr.com/california-no...cy-819141.html
If you're lazy, at least copy and paste all or some of IMBA's talking points into the comment section:
Better yet, write your own thoughts. To do nothing would be a disservice to the mt. biking community.Dear State Parks,
Thank you for the opportunity to make comments on this is important topic. I appreciate the major steps that CSP has taken to promote multi-use trails and I urge CSP to use the PEIR to provide much needed trail opportunities for cyclists. I welcome the acknowledgement that there are effective tools and methods to successfully manage multi-use trails. I appreciate the in-depth study of trail use conflict showing that, after more than 30 years of mountain bike trail use and millions of trail users' encounters, complaints are few, incidents are fewer and accidents are rare. The trail conversion analysis may prove to be cumbersome and time consuming, and may lead to expensive trail alterations. Therefore, it is important to point out that there are hundreds of trails in parks that have never been specifically altered for multi-use, yet have functioned adequately for years. Care must be exercised in the conversion analysis to prevent the over-engineering of trails to account for every potential form of user behavior.
The report references a State Code (P.4.14-3) that limits development in parks that would be considered "attractions in themselves." The code was intended to limit the construction of restaurants, amusement parks, athletic fields, etc. in park units. It is a poor analysis to apply this code to trails. Trails are much more than just a transportation system. Trails that are sustainable, blended into the natural environment (sinuosity) and designed to showcase a park's natural features should be enjoyed as such. They are works of art that compliment the sense of place. I come to parks to enjoy the trails.
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Friedrich is still incredibly upset about a flyer that the Weprin campaign sent out that criticized statements Friedrich made in the past about hate crimes, and which also featured a Nazi Swastika. So upset, in fact, that he crashed a meeting of the Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council, of which Bearak is the president (awkward!), last week and demanded that the group officially denounce the flyer and all of those associated with it.
Few seemed willing to side with Friedrich, and things got heated between Bearak and Friedrich and included much shouting and Bearak threatening to call the police and have Friedrich dragged away in handcuffs. Friedrich eventually left on his own, but wasn't satisfied.
Two days later he showed up at the monthly meeting of Community Board 8 and made the same request, asking the board to officially denounce the flyer and those responsible. According to a Ledger/Star reporter at the meeting, some board members shouted down Friedrich, and when his few minutes of alloted time were up, board leaders attempted to usher Friedrich from the mic.
But Friedrich was ready for them, and strategically had a friend sign up for speaking time as well, and when his minutes were up, the friend conveniently allowed Friedrich to use his time to try and make his point.
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'Lay Of The Land' is a fairytale. It's a dusty leather-coated book stowed away in the uppermost untouched corner of a ramshackle bookshelf. The brittle pages are ochre with age. Flicking through them, careful of the cracking, crumbling spine, a musty smell of happy times gone by sneezes in the air.
It's an early 1950's film. A series of flickering images, hazy and splattered with character, dancing to a silenced upright piano. A gaunt gypsy girl with ebony hair and deep, dark set eyes spinning barefooted on dry and dusty earth, a secret guarded close to her heart.
Down to the artwork, 'Lay Of The Land' is a sad reminder of happy times forgotten. A beautiful tale of a lost essence revived. The light is dim, colours are autumn tones of gold and red and smell is of coal smoke tinged with old dried lavender.
It's the drawn out violins and distorted guitars, the familiar yet haunting vocals and the warming yet chilling melodies.
With a track listing that floats over folkier, enigmatic moments, including opening track 'Anglokana' and single, 'Glitterball' before crashing into areas of frantic screaming in 'SF' and 'Forty Nights', Seachange's debut really is a fairytale of the darkest kind.
Whether or not the album really captures the bands reputable live show is utterly debatable, but it's certainly one to inspire the imagination. It's a CD to listen to alone in a candlelit room; to while away the winter nights and to whisk you off to your own fantasy world. It's just a shame then, that the remainder of 2004's winter nights seem to be numbered, for now at least...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A combative President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers Friday for failing to stop automatic spending cuts that were to begin kicking in later in the day, calling the cuts "dumb, arbitrary."
Republicans said the fault was his, for insisting that increased taxes be part of the resolution.
The president said the impact of the cuts won't immediately be felt, but middle class families will begin to "have their lives disrupted in significant ways." He said that as long as the cuts stay in effect, Americans will know that the economy could have been better had they been averted.
"The pain, though, will be real," Obama said.
He said he still believed the cuts could be replaced but he wanted a deal that includes more tax revenue.
"Let's be clear: None of this is necessary," Obama told reporters at the White House. "It's happening because of a choice that Republicans in Congress have made. We shouldn't be making a series of dumb, arbitrary cuts to things."
Obama met for less than an hour Friday morning with House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.
Boehner's office said he and McConnell told Obama they're willing to close tax loopholes but only to lower taxes overall, not to replace spending cuts. Obama and congressional leaders have agreed that Congress should pass a bill funding the government beyond the end of March while they keep working on a way to replace the spending cuts, Boehner's office said.
"The president got his tax hikes on January 1st," Boehner said bluntly after the meeting with Obama. "The discussion about revenue in my view is over. It's about taking on the spending problem here in Washington."
On Thursday, two proposals aimed at blunting the blame over the cuts — one Democratic and the other Republican — were rejected in the Senate.
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The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade
|The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade
Toni Cipriani being asked by Vincenzo Cilli to meet him in a large freight ship docked at Atlantic Quays.
|GTA Liberty City Stories
|Vincenzo Cilli
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|Atlantic Quays, Portland, Liberty City
Overalls Outfit
Sindacco Sabotage
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The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories given to protagonist Toni Cipriani by Vincenzo Cilli from his warehouse in Atlantic Quays, Portland, Liberty City.
Toni drops by Vincenzo's warehouse in Atlantic Quays, having received a phone call after completing "The Made Man" mission. However, Vincenzo is on a ship down at the Atlantic Quays docks, asking that he help with some "big shipment". Toni, at first reluctant, agrees to drop by, but only for Salvatore.
When Toni reaches the underbelly of the ship, however, he is ambushed by members of the Leone Family, who are armed with chainsaws. Toni manages to kill all the chainsaw wielding Leone Family gang members, after which Vincenzo enters to check if Toni is dead. When he finds Toni still alive, Vincenzo expresses his anger at Toni for overshadowing him after returning; armed with a Micro-SMG, he begins shooting at Toni, who fires back and kills Vincenzo. Toni leaves the ship, completing the mission.
- Molotov Cocktails work well here if the player is having trouble keeping the chainsaws off of them. However, the player should complete the firefighter missions to make using them less dangerous.
The reward for completing the mission is $3,000, unlocks the Overalls Outfit and unlocks the mission "Sindacco Sabotage" for Salvatore Leone, as well as the SlashTV side mission.
Post mission phone call
Salvatore Leone: Toni? It's Salvatore. We've got big trouble! Get your ass over here pronto!
- The name of the mission is taken from the name of the horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Toni Cipriani about to drive to the large freight ship in Atlantic Quays, from Vincenzo Cilli's warehouse.
Toni Cipriani about to go to the ships hull.
A Leone Family mobster, holding a chainsaw, about to attack Toni Cipriani.
Toni Cipriani shooting an attacking Leone Family mobster, as a second prepares to attack.
Toni Cipriani preparing to shoot an attacking Leone Family mobster.
Vincenzo Cilli talking about his jealousy for Toni Cipriani's high standing with Salvatore Leone.
Toni Cipriani shooting an attacking Vincenzo Cilli.
Toni Cipriani standing over the corpses of Vincenzo Cilli and an un-named Leone Family mobster.
Toni Cipriani about to leave the ships hull.
See also
Video walkthrough
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More 'Carmaheaven' Than Carmageddon, LA Mayor Says
"Carmageddon," the feared traffic jam from the long-publicized weekend shutdown of the Los Angeles freeway, had a calm pass off and life was back to normal early Monday even as the county mayor termed it "Carmaheaven."
"This weekend was more of a 'Carmaheaven' than a Carmageddon," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in a statement as Interstate 405 reopened almost a full day ahead of schedule Sunday afternoon.
A 10-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway remained closed beginning Friday night and was scheduled to end early Monday to help build the last remaining gap of the I-405 carpool lane network, which involved tearing down of half of the Mulholland Drive bridge. But the work finished 17 hours before expected.
"Drivers led by California Highway Patrol officers honked their horns and waved from car windows as traffic started moving in all 10 lanes of the 405 just after noon Sunday," The Associated Press reported.
A proud Villaraigosa thanked "all Angelenos for heeding the call and staying in their neighborhoods." "Thanks to their patience and cooperation, the city's roads and highways were practically empty," he said, calling it a "mission accomplished." Contractors and construction workers, who will now need to clear the 4,000 tons of rubble left behind, also won acclaim from the mayor.
"A lot is said about the fact that this is the car capital of the United States. Everybody has seen we can get out of our cars every once in a while and survive," Villaraigosa said.
The Los Angeles Times said it was perhaps the greatest show of roadside spirit by Southern California drivers since easing traffic during the 1984 Olympics. "Although L.A. County has added nearly 2 million residents since then, the lack of problems demonstrated that authorities can temporarily sever a major transportation artery without giving the region a heart attack," it said.
Months in advance, authorities had warned that the closure could lead to a major traffic chaos paralyzing much of Los Angeles and put up warning signs right up to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Many L.A. residents enjoyed the unusual weekend as they used public transport, walked, biked, or just stayed home. "It forced us to enjoy the day instead of jumping in the car and running errands," the L.A. Times quoted Stephanie Leto, a Santa Monica resident, as saying.
L.A. residents may get more such weekends, as their mayor has more plans. "We want more projects like the I-405 carpool lanes to get started sooner and finished faster," Villaraigosa writes on his blog.
"We've lobbied Congress for innovative transportation financing tools with a plan called America Fast Forward. Next week, I'm meeting with the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Transportation to ask for their support of my AFF plan which will help Los Angelos, and cities across the country, put nearly 1 million people to work now, rebuilding the roads, rail, and bridges of our future," says his blog.
Even otherwise, the weekend shutdown paved the way for only half of the work for the carpool lane. There will be another closure in about 11 months to demolish the rest of the Mulholland Drive bridge.


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A week after his decidedly unfunny episode in the Plaza Hotel, Charlie Sheen returned to the set of "Two and a Half Men," the sitcom that has made him TV's highest-paid actor.
He reportedly earns nearly $2 million per show, and CBS apparently gets its money's worth: The program's ratings were up seven percent Monday, the first airing since police were called to Sheen's Manhattan hotel room October 26.
Meanwhile, Mel Gibson reportedly was disinvited from making a comeback cameo in "The Hangover 2," just days before Sheen was back in the headlines for his latest romp.
Welcome to a tale of two meltdowns, a cautionary Hollywood saga that says much about the entertainment industry – and perhaps something about audiences.
The respective sordid tribulations of each actor have been detailed to excess – suffice to say both have troubled histories (even if Sheen's latest escapades really were triggered by an "allergic reaction" to medication, as his publicist contends) that have mired them in scandal and likely have brought pain to loved ones.
One big difference: the leaking of audio tapes in which Gibson spews bile made his deepest demons public in a form with far more power than a print account of bad behavior.
But the difference in the impact of public disgrace on Sheen and Gibson's careers perhaps is tied closest to what speaks loudest in Hollywood: money.
In May, Sheen signed a contract for two more seasons on the middling sitcom, which somehow remains one of TV's biggest, most enduring hits. The show debuted in 2003, about a year after "Signs," Gibson's last box office success.
So one very bankable star is quickly back at work while another whose career petered out is seemingly untouchable – never mind whether both would be better off getting help somewhere. One can only wonder what Gibson's comeback path would be if he were still the box office powerhouse of years past.
We've already seen, via Sheen, what a little public humiliation will do for the ratings. We probably won't get a chance anytime soon to gauge how audiences might react to Gibson back on the screen, big or small.
The public is drawn as much to circuses as comeback stories. We're getting a fast-forward melding of both with Sheen, while Gibson's saga is playing out slower, with less certainty.
Nobody should be surprised that Hollywood almost always follows the money. Whether we follow troubled actors, though, might say more about us than them.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


text: About 1,500 gas stations in France have run dry or are about to close as fuel supplies are hit by strikes over government pension reforms, officials say. A blockade of oil refineries is into its seventh day and the body that supplies most supermarkets says one in four petrol stations is affected. President Nicolas Sarkozy has called a crisis cabinet to protect supplies. Oil company Exxon Mobil has described the situation as �critical�. Anita Elash reports.


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During this week's earnings call for Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), CEO Marissa Mayer made it clear that mobile will lead the company back to growth. In fact, Wall Street was actually encouraged. After years of meandering, Yahoo finally seems to have a vision.
And Mayer hasn't wasted any time, even though she recently had a baby. Yesterday, she announced a deal to acquire Stamped, which is a mobile app developer. It's a small deal, with a price tag rumored to be roughly $10 million.
Stamped launched its app back in November. Essentially, it allows users to make recommendations about restaurants, bars, movies, music and so on.
While the app didn't get much traction, the company was able to attract a variety of interesting investors, including Justin Bieber, Ellen Degeneres and Ryan Seacrest.
So, why would Mayer want to buy Stamped? Simply put, it's a quick way to pick up a group of mobile engineers. Consider that two of the co-founders were former Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) employees.
Ultimately, Mayer's goal is to get about half of Yahoo's technical people focused on mobile. While this will mean smart recruiting, a key will also be acquisitions. This is a common strategy in Silicon Valley, as seen with companies like Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter and Google.
But for Yahoo, there will be some huge challenges. For the most part, the company continues to operate at stall-speed. In the latest quarter, revenues inched up by only 2% to $1.08 billion. Keep in mind that the two core businesses, search and display ads, continue to lose market share. In fact, search revenue would have been lower if Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) weren't providing minimum payments.
The biggest problem is that Yahoo's rivals are rapidly grabbing the mobile opportunity. For example, Facebook now has 600 million active users that come from smartphones and feature phones. It, too, is focusing hard on monetizing its mobile traffic, which is already showing traction.
Google is also a huge factor in mobile. Its Android platform is getting about 1.3 million activations per day and has a global installed base of over 500 million users. In terms of monetization, the run-rate is at a stunning $8 billion, which is up from $2.5 billion a year ago.
So, when advertisers look for options, they really have two compelling ones. Unfortunately for Yahoo, it doesn't have the scale to get much interest right now.
In the meantime, the company will need to restructure its display-ad and search businesses as well as cut back on employees. It will be an incredibly tough juggling act.
Now, it's certainly possible for Yahoo to stage a comeback. It has great assets, such as channels for weather, financial information and sports, which can be leveraged for mobile. But it will be extremely difficult to get an edge against players like Facebook and Google, which continue to relentlessly bolster their positions in the market.
All in all, playing catch-up is never a good strategy, especially when dealing with fierce rivals.
Tom Taulli runs the InvestorPlace blog IPOPlaybook, a site dedicated to the hottest news and rumors about initial public offerings. He is also the author of "How to Create the Next Facebook." Follow him on Twitter at @ttaulli. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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Jesse Martin
Edmonton Alberta
Eligible for draft:
7th round (195th overall), 2006
170 lbs.
Prospect Talent Score
Probability of Success
2005-06: Having battled various injuries throughout the year, Martin managed to finish third on Spruce Grove in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with 15 goals and 29 assists in 40 games. He suffered a concussion early in the year on a dangerous hit from behind by Fort Saskatchewan defenseman Ian Barteaux and also had a groin injury that prevented him from participating in the AJHL All-Star game. He did play in the first-ever CJAHL Prospects Game and The Viking Cup.
2006-07: Martin got off to a slow start in the USHL after joining Tri-City, but he finished with 19 goals (7 on the power play) along with 37 assists in 59 games. In nine playoff games, he scored 2 goals with 4 assists. Martin stayed on the ice more with Tri-City, reducing his penalty minutes to 31 PIM after getting 122 minutes with Spruce Grove in 2005-06.
2007-08: As a freshman at the University of Denver Martin was mainly used as a second line center, scoring 7 goals with 8 assists and appearing in all 41 games for the Pioneers. Denver finished third in the WCHA regular season but won the playoff title before falling to Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament.
2008-09: Missed a handful of games and was hampered by a torn labrum that required post-season surgery but Martin was a warrior for Denver. Overshadowed by some of the high fliers in the Pioneers lineup, he improved his scoring numbers from the previous year with 10 goals and 13 assists in 37 games. Denver was again one of the top teams in college hockey finishing with a record of 23-12-5 but was beaten by Minnesota-Duluth in the WCHA final and lost to Miami in the NCAA tournament.
2009-10: Denver had another outstanding regular season, winning the WCHA regular season title but was again snake-bitten in the WCHA and NCAA tournaments. Martin was limited to 34 games after separating his shoulder in a January game but finished with 14 goals and 8 assists as well as a career best +13 plus/minus. Martin was used on the power play as a quarterback from the point and also was a valuable penalty killer for the Pioneers.
Talent Analysis
Martin's skating has been a source of concern for scouts since his days in junior. While much-improved, it is still something he needs to constantly work to refine. Skating issues aside, he is a skilled center who is a good playmaker and solid defensively. Martin works to put himself in good positions, both in the offensive and defensive zones and is a team leader with vision and hockey sense. While not a particularly small player, there are questions about his size and strength as it translates to the pro level.
Martin attended the recent Thrashers prospects camp but is headed back to the University of Denver to complete his final season of college hockey. He will likely spend some time at the AHL level working to continue to develop his game. While his skating ability is less of an issue at the college level, it is something he must improve to reach his full potential. With good hockey sense but skating issues and average size, Martin projects to a lower line center capable of being effective on the power play or in a penalty killing role.


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The fallout from the 2008 global economic crisis continues to redefine international trade and financing arrangements. CIGI monitors issues of financial governance and securities regulation, tracks the response of central banks and examines improvements to frameworks to manage severe sovereign debt crises.
CIGI follows the rise of China on the global economic stage, the intersection of human rights and business and examines issues of relevancy and reform of investor-state arbitration. CIGI research considers how economic fora can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through greater inclusiveness, transparency and interagency collaboration.


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The Issue: President Obama's immigration-reform plan and a related proposal from eight US senators.
The "Gang of 8" is wasting its time. If President Obama doesn't like what he sees, he's going to bypass Congress and act unilaterally ("Immigration: Fix it!" Editorial, Jan. 30).
He did so with some of his recess appointments, and he's trying to do it again with his 23 gun-control measures.
And don't forget that he already acted on his own regarding illegal aliens who came to the US as minors.Al Burns
Far Rockaway
Obama has called for immigration "reform," but he's showing no respect for the laws he has sworn to uphold.
There are currently 4.5 million first-preference relatives of legal immigrants in a seven-year waiting line.
Why should they step aside to accommodate lawbreakers?
Brad Morris
If Congress had simply approved the building of a working border wall in 1986, there would not be an illegal-immigration problem today.
Joe McNiesh
Staten Island
Why does the president have to spend more than nine hours flying to Las Vegas, at great cost, to give a 25-minute speech about immigration, when he could deliver an address just as easily from Washington and take advantage of the advanced communications technology in the nation's capital?
We should be looking to cut costs, and Obama should be showing leadership on spending.
How is the cost of his flight justified?
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Skyway Builder CE 6.1, code generator for Spring, released (2 messages)
Skyway Software announces the general availability (GA) of Skyway Builder Community Edition (CE) 6.1, an open source, code generator for the Spring Framework. Version 6.1 of Skyway Builder CE is available for immediate download. This major release of Skyway Builder CE includes: - New Spring MVC scaffolding capability that enables developers to generate a Spring-based, Java CRUD application from a domain model in minutes - New support for Apache Maven for build automation - Improved code generation for all layers (domain, DAO, web and service) of an application based on best practices - New modeling steps for improved integration with custom Java code and Spring Beans - Direct generation into Standard Eclipse Dynamic Web Java Project - Compatibility with SpringSource tooling (Spring IDE and Spring STS) - Embedded documentation and cheatsheet tutorial - Over 300 bug fixes and enhancements For more information, visit the project home page at http://www.skywayperspectives.org. Download Skyway Builder CE 6.1 at http://www.skywayperspectives.org/downloads.
- Posted by: Christiana Thompson
- Posted on: February 03 2009 06:44 EST
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- Re: Skyway Builder CE 6.1, code generator for Spring, released by Ken Geis on February 04 2009 19:46 EST
- Not a bad sign at all by Jack Kennedy on February 05 2009 14:58 EST
Re: Skyway Builder CE 6.1, code generator for Spring, released[ Go to top ]
Isn't it a bad sign for Spring when you begin to need a code generator for it? Is Spring no longer a lightweight alternative to JEE?
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- Posted on: February 04 2009 19:46 EST
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Not a bad sign at all[ Go to top ]
Actually it is quite the opposite. We chose Spring as our first software generation target for the same reason that developers choose to use it when they are writing code by hand. Those reasons are all centered around simplicity, flexibility, and neutrality on many technology fronts. For any project, there are the fun cool parts of the development cycle, and there are the tedious parts, regardless of the implementation approach. Skyway's goal has always been to abstract the things that are tedious, and to write first class generators and rich editors around those concepts. Spring does a really good job of abstraction at runtime, and so it fits perfectly with our approach for design and generation.
- Posted by: Jack Kennedy
- Posted on: February 05 2009 14:58 EST
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- On-board micro SD slot
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Butler's Lives of the Saints – Saint Brendan the Elder, Abbot in Ireland
Abbot of Cluain-fearta, or Clonfert, upon the river Shannon. He was son of Findloga, and a disciple of Saint Finian at Clonard. Passing afterwards into Wales he lived some time under the discipline of Saint Gildas, also several years in the abbey of Llan-carven, in Glamorganshire. He built in Britain the monastery of Ailech, and another church in a territory called Heth. Returning into Ireland he founded there several schools and monasteries, the chief of which was that of Cluain-fearta. He wrote a monastic rule which was long famous in Ireland, taught some time at Ros-carbre, and died at Enachduin, a monastery which he had built for his sister Briga, in Connaught. He is named in the Roman Martyrology on the 16th of May, on which he passed to bliss, in the year 578, in the ninety-fourth year of his age. His life extant in MS. in the Cottonian Library is filled with apochryphal relations of miracles.
- Father Alban Butler. "Saint Brendan the Elder, Abbot in Ireland". , 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 May 2016. Web. 18 September 2020. <>


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Miss New York Nina Davuluri won the Miss America crown Sunday night. She is the first winner of Indian heritage.
"I'm so happy this organization has embraced diversity," Davuluri, who performed a Bollywood fusion dance as her talent routine, told reporters after her win, according to The Associated Press. "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America."
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Davuluri, 24, was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and is applying to medical school with the hopes of being a doctor, according to the AP.
The previous Miss America winner, Mallory Hagan, also hailed from New York. After being held in Las Vegas for the past six years, this year's ceremony marked the pageant's return to Atlantic City, N.J.
Davuluri has already faced some backlash on Twitter because of her Indian heritage, according to the AP.
"I have to rise above that," she told reporters. "I always viewed myself as first and foremost American."
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A star is born (again!). After winning several Grammy Awards during the 61st annual awards show, Lady Gaga channeled her inner rock star when she took over the stage and performed her Grammy-winning song "Shallow" from A Star Is Born .
Dressed in a low cut sequined jumpsuit and sky high platform boots, Lady G hit the stage alongside a band which included "Shallow" songwriter and Grammy-winner Mark Ronson . Gaga then broke out all the rockstar moves as she belted out the song's lyrics, powerfully taking the mic stand in hand while whipping her head (and hair) up and down.
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It was a big night for Lady Gaga as she won a few Grammys, including Best Song Written for Visual Media and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Shallow," as well as Best Solo Pop Performance for "Joanne."
While accepting the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, the superstar made an incredible and moving speech . After thanking God and her family, Gaga said, "I just want to say I'm so proud to be part of a movie that addresses mental health issues. They're so important and a lot of artists deal with that, and we gotta take care of each other. So, if you see somebody that's hurting, don't look away. And if you're hurting, even though it might be hard, try to find that bravery within yourself to dive deep and go tell somebody, and take them up in your head with you. I love you, thank you so much to the Grammys."
Lady Gaga will also be performing "Shallow" during this year's Academy Awards (Feb. 24th) alongside her A Star Is Born co-star Bradley Cooper, who accepted their BAFTA while in London during the Grammys. He said while accepting the award, "I got to fulfill a dream I never thought would happen. I share this with Lady Gaga tonight, the music was the heartbeat of this film."
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Haitian Orphans May Be Numerous, but Adoptive Parents Must Be Patient
WASHINGTON — The desperate plight of the Haitian earthquake's youngest survivors has sparked intense interest in adoptions.
Both U.S. and Haiti-based agencies have been bombarded with offers for help.
But few children will be permitted to leave their country quickly, and newcomers to the process must wait their turn.
When the Archdiocese of Miami's Catholic Legal Services announced its tentative plan for providing shelter to Haitian orphans, Marie Schouten added her name to the growing list of couples and individuals eager to provide a home for the orphans.
Married for nine years and a cancer survivor, the Catholic special-education teacher couldn't have children of her own and had prayed about adoption.
Yet, while the televised images of young Haitians stirred her soul, Schouten has since learned that even natural disasters don't allow prospective parents to bypass the arduous and often expensive process of securing an international adoption.
The U.S. State Department will only fast-track Haitian adoptions with completed paperwork, or those nearing the final phase of the process.
Agencies in Haiti also caution that family reunification efforts and the rebuilding of the country's shattered infrastructure will lengthen the time required to identify children available for adoption.
Groups concerned about human trafficking also worry that child predators will try to take advantage of the disaster by exploiting abandoned children. Haiti has been a destination for sex tourism.
Schouten understands the need for caution.
"I was impressed that the Miami Archdiocese wanted to help. It didn't matter whether we took in a baby or an older girl or boy; we just wanted to offer our home to a child in need," Schouten said. "Now we'll have to wait. First, the authorities will try to locate and reunite these children with family members in Haiti."
In the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake, the Miami Archdiocese's plan to aid the orphans quickly made headlines. Television anchors likened the initiative to the Church's bold "Pedro Pan" effort that relocated Cuban children in the aftermath of the revolution led by Fidel Castro.
The archdiocese has since acknowledged that the proposal still requires government approval and adequate funding.
Meanwhile, the first order of business has been to correct the perception that it will be a Haitian version of Pedro Pan.
"In the 1960s the children that were brought to the United States were voluntarily given over to Msgr. Bryan Walsh from Catholic Charities to get them out of Cuba during a time of political upheaval; the idea was for the children to be reunited with their parents at some point or with other family members," explained Mary Ross Agosta, a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Miami. "Currently, the situation in Haiti is far different. Catholic Charities is prepared to assist in-country Haitian organizations and families by providing temporary shelter in the Archdiocese of Miami for Haitian children who have been identified as at risk."
'Humanitarian Parole'
A week after the earthquake, Janet Napolitano, secretary of Homeland Security, announced that two groups of Haitian orphans would be eligible for "humanitarian parole": "orphaned children who were living in Haiti, for whom the legal adoption process was already completed" and those "already in the process of adoption who have been matched with U.S. adoptive parents, but for whom a final decree has not yet been issued."
Last week the U.S government announced that humanitarian parole had already been granted to 500 orphans, several hundred of which had arrived in the United States.
The prospective parents for the latter group, said Napolitano, would be "screened as possible sponsors; if they are eligible, the child will be released to them. If not, the child will be the responsibility of HHS, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Undocumented Minor Program and will be placed with the usual U.S. [adoption] providers."
Seeking to head off unauthorized evacuations, Napolitano warned that "children who have been transported to the U.S. without prior authorization will be placed in the Undocumented Minors program."
At present, the focus for both private U.S. agencies and Haiti-based missions that facilitate adoptions is to quickly identify and evacuate children who qualify for "humanitarian parole." Agosta confirmed, however, that the Miami Archdiocese had not given up a more ambitious plan to "house Haitian children orphaned by the disaster and set up temporary custody arrangements with relatives in the United States."
Meanwhile, both large agencies like Catholic Charities USA and small, Haiti-based orphanages have struggled to navigate the chaotic aftermath of the earthquake. Many of the Haitian orphanages were founded by Catholic and Christian missionaries. The children under their care — some infants, others much older — have lost their parents or have been abandoned by single mothers unable to care for them.
One such orphanage, God's Littlest Angels in Petionville, 15 miles outside of Port-au-Prince, orchestrated the evacuation of 87 children within a week of the earthquake.
Aaron Ramsay, a Colorado resident who works in Christian ministry, had arrived in Haiti on a chartered 737 that brought supplies for the orphanage.
"The orphanage wasn't damaged from the earthquake, but we worried about the aftershocks," he said.
When God's Littlest Angels received approval to evacuate a group of children to the U.S., Ramsay joined his newly adopted sons — 27-month-old twins, Ethan and Brecken — for a trip to the U.S. Embassy and then on to a chartered flight to the Miami airport. There, medical personnel and volunteers delivered the children, ranging from infants to early adolescents, to their adoptive parents.
Thrilled to have the twins at home with his wife, Tanya, Ramsay says the couple will always "honor" the children's mother who, unable to care for them, dropped the boys off at the orphanage in December 2008.
But he worries that the collapse of the government administration in Haiti's capital could drastically delay future adoptions during a time of grave crisis. "The day we flew out, a 24-day-old baby was abandoned at the orphanage," he recalled.
In fact, the Ramsays were united with their Haitian children much more rapidly than most couples who have signed on to adopt a child from the Western Hemisphere's most impoverished nation.
"In the past, the problem was that the whole infrastructure created delays," said Janet Bonnema, executive director of Children of the Promise, a spacious Cap-Haitien "crèche" founded in 2000 that rehabilitates very young children and facilitates U.S. adoptions for some of them.
"We have had kids with completed dossiers sit in the equivalent of Haitian social services for a year or more. Haiti didn't have a computerized record system: Everything was handwritten and filed in a centralized system," said Bonnema.
Yet, despite the routine delays, in recent years Haiti gradually attracted more Americans looking to begin a family, in part because other countries had begun to discourage foreign adoptions.
Children of the Promise provides intensive medical and therapeutic intervention for malnourished children and others with special needs. At present, an American couple, Jamie and Jenny Groen, supervise the crèche. The Groens also are in the process of adopting three children, but they will not even try to bring them back to their Midwest home any time soon; their children did not yet qualify for humanitarian parole.
'We Have a Lot of Hope'
Now that the quake has destroyed the paperwork and passports for children who have completed the adoption process, Children of the Promise — like many small programs run on a shoestring budget through donations — is even struggling to evacuate children with approved files.
"We're trying to get 21 adopted children out," said Bonnema with a measure of frustration. "There is no alternative infrastructure, and we don't know how we will process the adoptions."
Still, she remains optimistic, a job requirement in her field: "We have a lot of hope. I just heard that a 10-year-old boy who came from Children of the Promise to the U.S. was fundraising for us after the earthquake. When he arrived as an infant, he was severely malnourished. Now he is doing well. What we're telling people is: Keep your applications on file."
Joan Frawley Desmond writes from Chevy Chase, Maryland. More information on international adoptions can be found at: CatholicCharitiesusa.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1680 Childrenofthepromise.org


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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Prednisone, Azathioprine, and N-acetylcysteine in People With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (PANTHER-IPF)
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a long-term lung disease that affects an individual's ability to breathe. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC), at preventing the loss of lung function in people with IPF.
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Drug: N-acetylcysteine (NAC)
Drug: Placebo
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Prednisone, Azathioprine, and N-acetylcysteine: A Study That Evaluates Response in IPF
- Change in serial forced vital capacity [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 60 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Time to disease progression [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 60 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Acute exacerbations [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 60 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Respiratory infections [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 60 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Maintained forced vital capacity response [ Time Frame: Measured at Week 60 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|August 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: 1
Participants will receive N-acetylcysteine (NAC) for 60 weeks.
Drug: N-acetylcysteine (NAC)
Participants will receive 600 mg of NAC three times a day.
Placebo Comparator: 2
Participants will receive placebo for 60 weeks.
Drug: Placebo
Participants will receive placebo each day.
Detailed Description:
IPF is a disease in which fibrous tissue clogs and damages the air sacs within the lungs. Widespread and permanent scarring and stiffening of lung tissue eventually results. Individuals with IPF may experience breathing difficulties, cough, chest pain, and a decreased exercise capacity. Although the cause of IPF is not definitively known, it may be a result of an inflammatory response to an unknown substance. There is no cure for IPF, and no approved treatment for the disease. NAC, an antioxidant that is effective at loosening up mucus that forms in the lungs, may improve lung function. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of NAC at preventing the loss of lung function in people with IPF.
This study will enroll people with mild to moderate IPF. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive for 60 weeks either NAC alone or placebo. Study visits will occur at baseline and Weeks 4, 15, 30, 45, and 60. At all study visits, a physical exam and blood collection will occur. At selected visits, the following study procedures will occur: lung function testing; urine collection; a 6-minute walk test, which will measure the distance walked in a 6-minute period; and questionnaires to assess health status, breathing, and quality of life. Participants will record medication usage and symptoms in a daily diary. Study researchers will review medical records and the Social Security death index 5 years after the end of the study to determine the incidence of death among study participants.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|35 Years to 85 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Forced vital capacity (FVC) greater than or equal to 50% of predicted value
- Diffusion capacity (DLCO) greater than or equal to 30% of predicted value
- Diagnosis of IPF by modified American Thoracic Society (ATS) criteria in the 48 months before study entry
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of clinically significant environmental exposure known to cause pulmonary fibrosis
- Diagnosis of connective tissue disease as the likely cause of the interstitial disease
- Extent of emphysema greater than the extent of fibrotic change (i.e., honeycombing, reticular changes) on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scan
- Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)/FVC ratio less than 0.65 at the time of screening (post-bronchodilator)
- Partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2) less than 55 mm Hg (less than 50 mm Hg at Denver study site)
- Residual volume greater than 120% predicted at the time of screening (post-bronchodilator)
- Evidence of active infection
- Significant bronchodilator response on screening spirometry, defined as change in FEV1 greater than or equal to 12% and absolute change greater than 200 mL OR change in FVC greater than or equal to 12% and absolute change greater than 200 mL
- Screening and baseline FVC measurements (in liters, post-bronchodilator) differing by 11%
- Listed for lung transplantation
- History of unstable or deteriorating cardiac disease
- Heart attack, coronary artery bypass, or angioplasty in the 6 months before study entry
- Unstable angina pectoris or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization in the 6 months before study entry
- Uncontrolled arrhythmia
- Severe uncontrolled high blood pressure
- Known HIV or hepatitis C
- Known cirrhosis and chronic active hepatitis
- Active substance and/or alcohol abuse
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Women of childbearing potential who are not using a medically approved means of contraception
Any clinically relevant lab abnormalities, including the following:
- Creatinine greater than twice the upper limit of normal (ULN)
Hematology outside of specified limits
- White blood cells less than 3,500/mm3
- Hematocrit less than 25% or greater than 59%
- Platelets less than 100,000 mm3 at the time of screening
Any of the following liver function test criteria above specified limits
- Total bilirubin greater than twice the ULN
- Aspartate (AST) or alanine aminotransferases (ALT) greater than 1.5 the ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase greater than three times the ULN
- Albumin less than 3.0 mg/dL at the time of screening
- Known hypersensitivity to study medication
- Any condition other than IPF that, in the opinion of the site PI, is likely to result in death in the 1 year after study entry
- Any condition that, in the judgment of the PI, might cause participation in this study to be detrimental or makes the person a poor candidate for the study
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|Study Chair:
|Marvin I Schwarz, MD
|University of Colorado, Denver
|Principal Investigator:
|Kevin Brown, MD
|National Jewish Health
|Principal Investigator:
|Rob Kaner, MD
|Weill Medical College at Cornell University
|Principal Investigator:
|Talmadge King, MD
|University of California, San Francisco
|Principal Investigator:
|Joe Lasky, MD
|Tulane University School of Medicine
|Principal Investigator:
|James Loyd, MD
|Vanderbilt University
|Principal Investigator:
|Fernando Martinez, MD
|University of Michigan
|Principal Investigator:
|Imre Noth, MD
|University of Chicago
|Principal Investigator:
|Ganesh Raghu, MD
|University of Washington
|Principal Investigator:
|Jesse Roman, MD
|Emory University
|Principal Investigator:
|Jay Ryu, MD
|Mayo Clinic
|Principal Investigator:
|John Belperio, MD
|University of California, Los Angeles
|Principal Investigator:
|Kevin Anstrom, PhD
|Duke University
|Study Director:
|Gail Weinmann, MD
|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
|Principal Investigator:
|Jeffrey Chapman, MD
|The Cleveland Clinic
|Principal Investigator:
|Lake Morrison, MD
|Duke University
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Kallay, MD
|Highland Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Steven Sahn, MD
|Medical University of South Carolina
|Principal Investigator:
|Marilyn Glassberg, MD
|University of Miami
|Principal Investigator:
|Milton Rossman, MD
|University of Pennsylvania
|Principal Investigator:
|John Fitzgerald, MD
|University of Texas
|Principal Investigator:
|Mary Beth Scholand, MD
|University of Utah
|Principal Investigator:
|Neil Ettinger, MD
|St Luke's Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Danielle Antin-Ozerkis, MD
|Yale University
|Principal Investigator:
|Joao deAndrade, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Principal Investigator:
|Ivan Rosas, MD
|Brigham and Women's
|Principal Investigator:
|Joseph Zibrak, MD
|Beth Isreal-Deaconess
|Principal Investigator:
|Gerald Criner, MD
|Temple University
|Principal Investigator:
|Maria Padilla, MD
|Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Additional Information:
No publications provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00650091 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 28, 2008
|Last Updated:
|January 23, 2012
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pathologic Processes
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Lung Diseases, Interstitial
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
Respiratory System Agents
Free Radical Scavengers
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protective Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Antirheumatic Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 14, 2013